HMS E19

HMS E19

HMS "E19" was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1914 at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. colledge] During World War I she was part of the British submarine flotilla in the Baltic.

Under the command of Lieutenant Commander Francis Cromie, [ [http://www.dykmag.net/sv/docs/b_skandinavien/dyk_skan_vrak.php?skan_id=2 Vrakdykning Deluxe] ] "E19" was able to sink several German ships, most notably on the 11 October 1915 when she sank 4 German transport ships, just south of Öland, within a few hours and without any casualties. [ [http://www.ocean-discovery.org/e19.htm The E19 massacre] ] [ [http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/sub-mass.htm The Submarine Massacre of 1915] ] On 7 November 1915 "E19" sunk the German light cruiser of SMS "Undine".

"E19" was scuttled by her crew outside Helsinki 1.5nm south of Harmaja Light, Gulf of Finland, along with "E1", "E8", "E9", "C26", "C27", and "C35" to avoid seizure by advancing German forces who had landed nearby. [ [http://www.hylyt.net/hylky.jsp?id=e19 E 19] in hylyt.net fi icon] [ [http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygallery/Submarines/submarines.htm Finnish Submarines] in [http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygallery/ Finnish Navy in World War II] ]

Trivia

A beer, "Slottskällans Vrak", has been brewed using yeast recovered from beer bottles found on the wreck of SS "Nicomedia", a ship sunk by "E19" off Öland. [ [http://www.slottskallan.se/produkt.asp?id=8 Vrak - direkt från SS "Nicomedia"] ]

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